Review for All I Want For Christmas Is You: A Coming Home Novella (Coming Home 5.5) by Jessica Scott

From USA Today Bestselling author Jessica Scott comes an all new novella about a woman who came back from war changed and the man who loves her enough not to let her go.

All Major Patrick MacLean wanted was Christmas with the woman and child who were his family in everything but name. But Captain Samantha Egan has come back from the war a different woman than the one who left – and she doesn’t know if she can love him anymore.

But neither of them counted on the determination of a little girl they both call daughter and if Natalie has her wish, her parents may have no idea what’s coming for them. It’s going to take Christmas miracle to bring these two wounded warriors back from the edge of a broken heart.

This story has been featured in Home For Christmas: A Holiday Duet with JoAnn Ross.

USA TODAY Bestselling author Jessica Scott is a career army officer, mother of two daughters, three cats and three dogs, wife to a career NCO and wrangler of all things stuffed and fluffy. She is a terrible cook and even worse housekeeper, but she’s a pretty good shot with her assigned weapon and someone liked some of the stuff she wrote. Somehow, her children are pretty well adjusted and her husband still loves her, despite burned water and a messy house.

She’s written for the New York Times At War Blog, PBS Point of View Regarding War, and IAVA. She deployed to Iraq in 2009 as part of OIF/New Dawn and is currently a company commander stationed at Fort Hood.

Most recently, she’s been featured as one of Esquire Magazine’s Americans of the Year for 2012.

Carla’s Review:

4 stars for All I Want for Christmas is You by Jessica Scott.  If you are
looking for a good, quick read, you should give this novella a try!

It is the Christmas season, and the only thing Major Patrick Maclane is
feeling is heart ache.  The love of his life, Captain Samantha Egan, has
returned from the war a broken woman.  She has broken up with him and
returned to her hometown of Maine with their daughter.  As a result,
Patrick is spending this joyful season at the bottom of a bottle has given
up all hope of saving his relationship.  However, everything changes when
he gets a phone call from his daughter, Natalie.  Even though she is  not
his biological child, he has been her dad since the day she was born, and
he would do anything for her.  When Natalie informs him that she is worried
about her mother, he decides to go to Maine and fight to get his family
back.

I really enjoyed this story,  Jessica Scott  shines a light on PTSD and the
vast array of emotions that many veterans experience when they return
home.  Kudos to her for a job well done.  *I was given a copy of this book
as a gift from Stephanie’s Book Reports in exchange for an honest review.